Listen to the green honeycreeper
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About the green honeycreeper
The green honeycreeper is a bird in the family Thraupidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the green honeycreeper sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae, the tanagers and allies. It is found in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Brazil, and on Trinidad.
More from the family Thraupidae
Paradise tanager
Tangara chilensis
Blue-gray tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Saffron finch
Sicalis flaveola
Silver-throated tanager
Tangara icterocephala
Magpie tanager
Cissopis leverianus
Plushcap
Catamblyrhynchus diadema
Golden tanager
Tangara arthus
Emerald tanager
Tangara florida
Yellow-bellied dacnis
Dacnis flaviventer
Beryl-spangled tanager
Tangara nigroviridis
Bay-headed tanager
Tangara gyrola
Fawn-breasted tanager
Pipraeidea melanonota
Frequently asked questions
What does a green honeycreeper sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the green honeycreeper on this page, including its call. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the green honeycreeper endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the green honeycreeper as “least concern”.
What family does the green honeycreeper belong to?
The green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) belongs to the family Thraupidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Call · Esmeraldas: 7 km WNW Lita, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1083101 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Green honeycreeper – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Luizalves1990 – CC BY-SA 4.0